27 March 2018

Human Rights Commission (HRC) Chairperson Mudford Mwandenga says the Anti-Corruption Commission should consider placing hospilised Chishimba Kambwili on bond as a matter of human rights. Mwandenga in a statement said that Kambwili needed to be treated in accordance with the rule of law while considering his health status and that he is not a flight...

The Lundazi Magistrates’ court has sentenced a 30 year old Public Prosecutor at the Zambia Police to two years and four months imprisonment with hard labour for corruption. Meanwhile, the Lundazi Magistrates’ court has convicted two Community Crime Prevention Officers aged 58 and 52 to two years imprisonment with hard labour also for corrupt practices....

Green Party leader Peter Sinkamba says State House may not be aware that public servants squandered money on the New York trip in 2005 using the name of the President. In an interview, Sinkamba urged President Edgar Lungu to strictly scrutinise members of his delegation to avoid wasting taxpayers money. “Many times the President may...

YALI president Andrew Ntewewe has charged that CSOs asking Zambians to rise against the PF government should come out in the open and join the opposition UPND rather than lying to the public that they are non partisan. And Ntewewe says YALI will not unite with other Civil Society Organisations but will continue working independently...

People's Party president Mike Mulongoti says whether the impeachment motion against President Edgar Lungu succeeds or not, it will send a message to the world that there's a crook in state house who has committed various offences. And Mulongoti says it's unacceptable for the government to charge people for drilling boreholes as if gound water...

Transparency International Zambia Executive Director Wesley Chibamba has charged that President Edgar Lungu has a ‘double standard stance’ towards the fight against corruption because what he says contradicts his actions. Commenting on the Anti-Corruption Commission’s probe on Housing and Infrastructure Minister Ronald Chitotela’s corruption allegations, Chibamba said President Lungu should have relieved the minister of...